Will Ferrell Channels David Bowie in Christmas Duet

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WSJ Staff

Dec 15, 2010 4:00 pm ET

One of the stranger moments in pop music forms the inspiration for a new Funny or Die video. In the holiday-themed clip, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly send up the famed Christmas duet of on “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy” sung by Bing Crosby and David Bowie as part of Crosby’s 1977 TV special. Other than Ferrell’s ridiculous makeup — is there a guy who looks less like David Bowie? — the clip isn’t so much funny as surreal, just like the original.